Effect of nasal lavage on nasal symptoms and physiology in wood industry workers

Rhinology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 108-112

  Holmström, Mats ^a   Rosén, Gunnar ^b   Wåhlander, Lars ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mucociliary clearance; Nasal lavage; Nasal peak flow; Rhinitis; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; RHINOMER; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPENTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE IRRITATION; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SECRETION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRURITUS; SNEEZING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NOSE DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SEAWATER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOOD;

EID: 0030830721     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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